Snail mode #98
Snail mode #98
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- Ensure that no more than 7 hazards are added to a square. This fixes a bug where some squares were getting way too many hazards applied to them. There must be some other bug at work here as well. - Change author names to be github usernames instead of first names
- Ensure that hazard snail-trail is not added for eliminated snakes
* main: DEV-1558-healing-pools-map (BattlesnakeOfficial#94) DEV-1556-sinkholes-map (BattlesnakeOfficial#96) CLI support for handling invalid responses (BattlesnakeOfficial#95)
Added comments to most functions and important bits of code Also changed the map so that instead of a fixed number of 7 hazards, we add hazards equal to the length of the snake.
jlafayette
requested review from
robbles,
bvanvugt and
chris-bsnake
as code owners
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Thanks for building and submitting this! Just tested it out locally and it looks awesome 🚀 |
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Hey @jlafayette and @coreyja - sorry about the delay on this one! I just added some basic tagging support for maps. Would you mind adding the |
maps/snail_mode.go
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| // that uniquely identifies the point given the current board size | ||
| func hash(point rules.Point, height int) int { | ||
| return point.X + point.Y*height | ||
| } |
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It's probably not worth changing, but you can actually use a rules.Point as a map key! I think a few other maps use this to look up tables of locations for a given WxH board.
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I didn't know that was possible to use a struct as a map key - thanks!
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@jlafayette Thanks for getting this updated! 💜 |
Add a new "Snail Mode" map where snakes leave a trail of hazards behind them.
The stack of hazards left behind is based on the length of the snake. Hazard-stack counts decrement each turn so the trails fade over time.
This uses a hacky approach of storing state between turns by using off-board hazards. Hopefully this doesn't break too many snakes - also totally open to using a different approach if something else would work better.
This map does not generate a hazard when tail chasing since placing a hazard directly on the head of a snake doesn't damage it and looks confusing in the viewer.